Sam and Max meet Great Uncle Bruce

 

Introductions are made

Sam and Max met their Great Uncle Bruce this past August 22nd. Bruce has been a close family friend for decades, and has known Amanda and Sarah their entire lives. We were all glad that the timing worked to arrange a meetup in Alexis' home, as Bruce currently lives a two hour drive away. It was a lovely afternoon, and with enough adults around to always be holding a baby, Sam and Max were content and well behaved (mostly). Here are some photos from the visit.

Great Uncle Bruce tries his hand at feeding Max while Grandma feeds Sam

Bruce and the twins

Although still a good boy, Charlie is no longer the baby of the family

Our latest family photo

Great Uncle Bruce and Sam sizing each other up

Grandma enjoying a Sam

Max is looking like a real chunker

Grandma holding Max

Grandpa Doug presents Sam

Here are some other photos from the past week.

Sam enjoying a bath

Interesting clouds at sunset

Max plays with Jacques The Peacock

Sam has a nibble on Freddie The Firefly

Sam is in cozy town after another bath

Panda Sam

Maximus Chunkimus

When Amanda and I knew we were having twin boys it took us a while to settle on the names. We agreed upon Samuel easily, and we liked the name Max, but we weren't sure whether we wanted the actual name to be Maximilian, Maxwell, Maximus or some other made-up Max name, like Maxward or Maxepher. We agreed that the made-up names were too silly, but I was enthusiastic about Maximus for a while. In the end, normalcy won out and we went with Maxwell, but sometimes I still call him Maximus when Amanda isn't around. :)